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Syrian opposition leader Moaz Khatib resigns
BEIRUT — The head of the major, U.S.-backed Syrian opposition coalition resigned his post Sunday, a blow to a group that the United States and other nations have called the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. The departure of the...
Tags: Social Sciences, National Government, Bashar Assad, Government, White House
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Maliki resists Kerry's call to halt flow of Iranian arms to Syria
BAGHDAD – Secretary of State John Kerry pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki on Sunday to stop Iran from flying arms across Iraqi territory to the beleaguered Syrian regime, but found him unwilling to give ground. In a visit to Baghdad that...
Tags: Nouri Maliki, International Military Interventions, Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, Iraq
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Obama's symbolic mission to Israel: Accomplished
Barack Obama’s first trip to Israel as president seems to have thawed his frosty relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at least for public consumption. But it appears to have done little to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, curb...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Jerusalem (Israel), Civil Rights, Religion and Belief, Mitt Romney
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Low expectations for Obama's Israel visit
President Obama will arrive in Israel on Wednesday for his first visit since being elected in 2008. We wish him the best, but frankly, we have very low expectations. Indeed, it's hard to figure out why he's making the trip at all. The peace process...
Tags: Travel, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Religion and Belief, Israeli Settlements, Judaism
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Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...
Tags: Finance, Church and State Relations, International Military Interventions, Agricultural Research and Technology, James Stewart
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Kenyan presidential loser Raila Odinga contests result
NAIROBI, Kenya -- In a setback for Kenya’s efforts to cement its democracy, presidential contender Raila Odinga on Saturday refused to concede defeat in a close election he said was fraught with fraud and irregularities. But he called for calm and...
Tags: International Criminal Court, Kenya, Nairobi (Kenya), Politics, International Court or Tribunal
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The Week Ahead: Mysterious death, diplomacy and a foregone vote
Unearthing the mystery of Pablo Neruda’s death Monday, April 8: Did famed Chilean poet Pablo Neruda die of cancer or was he poisoned? The remains of the Nobel Prize laureate will be exhumed Monday from his Isla Negra grave on the Chilean coast...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Wars and Interventions, Prostate Cancer, Government, Elections
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Bin Laden kin to face terror-related charges in New York
WASHINGTON -- The FBI and CIA helped capture an Al Qaeda spokesman who was Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law and have flown him to New York City from Jordan to face terrorism-related charges, U.S. officials say. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, an Al Qaeda...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, September 11, 2001 Attacks, FBI, Turkey, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security
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U.S. contractor illegally detained in Afghanistan, officials say
KABUL, Afghanistan — An American contractor was detained illegally for 24 hours in an Afghan prison, beaten, denied more than basic medical help and told he wouldn't be released unless his company paid $2.4 million, according to three U.S....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Kabul (Afghanistan), Frank R Wolf, Afghanistan, Prisons
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Rand Paul vows to speak 'as long as it takes' to block Brennan
WASHINGTON -- In a rare, traditional filibuster, Sen. Rand Paul vowed to speak on the Senate floor "as long as it takes" to draw attention to his concerns about the Obama administration's policy regarding the targeted killing of American terrorism...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Tammy Baldwin, Bernard Sanders, Chuck Hagel
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Fierce fighting reported in Syrian city of Raqqah
BEIRUT — Intense military bombardment was reported Tuesday in the north-central Syrian city of Raqqah, where rebels have overrun much of the city and taken several high-ranking prisoners, including the provincial governor, according to opposition...
Tags: Science and Technology, Wen Jiabao, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Human Rights
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John Kerry suggests Dennis Rodman should stick with basketball
John Kerry became the latest to criticize Dennis Rodman in the aftermath of the former NBA star's trip to North Korea and visit with the reclusive communist country's leader, Kim Jong Un. But the secretary of State phrased his comments about the...
Tags: Travel, National Basketball Association, White House, North Korea, This Week (tv program)
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